Monthly Archives: April 2013

The last day of April. Four months down and two more to go. I won’t be posting pictures or measurements this month, since I have not gained or lost. I am exactly the same weight and size, and as I said yesterday, cannot seem to find my mojo. I am thankful that I have not gained or lost, and I am still down 15 pounds from what I was when I started, but I need to lose these last 8 – 13 pounds. They are always the hardest, right? I think it’s time I educate myself thoroughly on eating and working out to maximize fat/weight loss and building muscle. Any tips will be much appreciated!

Well today I was back and at it! After a week of slacking (not really working out and eating like crap), I jumped back on the bandwagon. We’ll see how long this lasts, especially since Cinco de Mayo is this weekend and my birthday is just around the corner (2 weeks from Wednesday). I’m really needing tips/advice/support here. I think in my mind I feel “well I lost nearly 20 pounds, look and feel great” and just let myself start to revert back to old ways. I don’t want that because that is exactly what will put the weight back on! I keep looking at my monthly pictures to keep me motivated, but it doesn’t seem to be working. Does anybody have any tips or suggestions? 🙂 All feedback will be greatly appreciated! I really want to hit my goal and while I know that you can’t give up your life to live in the gym and not go out, I also don’t want to not succeed in reaching 135 (or less) by June 30th.

As the title says, the past week has been non-stop. I neglected to count my calories and workout due to some craziness, both at work and at home. I don’t even want to step on the scale or take end of the month pictures on Tuesday, but I will because I need to get back into the swing of things. It’s a journey so not going to let myself get bent out of shape about it – just need to refocus and come together, as I only have about 2 months more to reach my goal. Now that the weather is getting nicer and birthdays are here (I swear all of my friends were born in either March/April/or May), it is very hard to stay focused and on track. Keep you posted and write tomorrow!

Wow, what a day! I woke up bright and early to get to work, only to be stopped dead in my tracks on the highway. It rained its booty off here and after 1.5 hours of not moving, I emailed my manager to let her know I’d be late. She responded to let me know that portions of the highway were shut down due to flooding and I should probably turn around! What I mess that I did not expect! Anyways, worked from home and met Annie at the gym at 7:00 p.m. Let me tell you, was tonight a workout or what!

Finished off the workout with a 10 minute run on the treadmill and a brisk walk home. Total calories burned were 613. Low because of the weight lifting, but 48% of those were from fat. We worked out for almost 3 hours! Sheesh! Food intake was:

Hollllly moly am I sore/stiff today! It was a good day, but dang – I could barely keep the cardio up at the gym because of Monday and yesterday’s weight workouts. I’m scared for tomorrow. lol.

Today was cardio only so I ran 2.5 miles per my half marathon training schedule and did another 35 minutes on the elliptical. I burned 625 calories total so feeling pretty good! Double the calories I burned Monday and Tuesday, which is the one thing I hate about weights…they take forever and you don’t burn as many calories as you do when you do cardio. Meaning…you can’t eat as much! 😦 And let me tell you – yesterday and today I have been STARVING. I don’t know if lifting makes you hungry or what (anyone know???) but dang – I could eat a cow! Food intake for today was:

Woke up feeling pretty good this morning! A little sore from yesterday’s workout, but I have a feeling tomorrow will be worse. Eeeek! I stayed on track healthy eating wise, even though Potbellys was catered in for lunch at the office. Yes, those delicious sandwiches, cold potato salad, and jumbo, gooey chocolate chip cookies were staring me right in the face…and I refused. I was SO proud because part of me almost grabbed one of each and said “screw it”. But those urges are exactly the ones I need to fight! Once in awhile is fine, but I ate dessert every night this weekend so I did not NEED that cookie (even though it took every cell in my brain to tell me that)! I went back to my desk and had a protein bar instead and I was satisfied – out of site, out of mind. 🙂

Anyways, tonight’s workout was brutal. Did some familiar moves, as well as some new ones. It was Day 2 of the weight training program and I did the following:

I didn’t get the last minutes of cardio in that I was supposed to do because of parking again. These weights take FOREVER so on my “rest days” I will just be sure to amp up the cardio and do what I missed on weight days when I don’t have a ton of time (i.e. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday). Saturdays and Sundays will be weight days but I have more unlimited time so I can also just add 10 minutes each day for what I miss during the week. It will all even out in the end. 🙂 Just sucks because it gives me less calories to eat throughout the week. Ah well. I burned 330 calories tonight and food intake was as follows:

Day 1 of being back on track = success! I went grocery shopping yesterday so my fridge is stocked with healthy food and got a great workout in after work. As you know, Annie and I started Kris Gethin’s 12 Week Muscle Workout (see link below) and I can already tell that I am going to be SORE for the next few days. Wow! Today was legs day and the workout was as follows: